Webinars to discuss local music plan for Clare

A SERIES of webinars about the music industry will discuss a local music plan for Clare.

As part of a second series of professional development webinars for those working in the music industry in Clare, with the first one to take place this Monday, March 27 at 5pm.

The webinar is presented by Clare Arts Office and in partnership with First Music Contact (FMC).

The leading national music organisation for resourcing popular musicians and the independent music sector in Ireland, FMC delivers projects at key stages of an artist’s development, in a bid to help them develop real careers.

This new project aims to develop a way of offering equal access to professional development services to musicians in Clare, as well as developing a framework for supporting artists locally.

This is a musician-first project in which FMC consulted with musicians locally to find out what they need to get their music career off the ground and to take the next step, what are the practical things they need, and what kind of advice they are after.

Having analysed the results, FMC designed professional development panels based on the responses and put together a series of webinars featuring some of the top national and international names in the industry.

4 webinars will take place in this second series looking at Publishing and Music Supervision; Doing it Yourself; Funding; and Developing as an Artist. They will take place at 5pm every evening from Monday, March 27 to Thursday, March 30. 

Clare Arts Office, Siobhán Mulcahy, said: “We are delighted to be working with First Music Contact on this important and timely project for the music industry in the county. By teaming up with Arts Offices in Limerick, Tipperary, and Kerry, we have now offered free access to Clare musicians for up to 8 professional development webinars in February and March.”

For further information, visit www.clarearts.ie